Best Wishes (Lilies) 8" easel card - day 225 of my 366 day challenge

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Best Wishes (Lilies) 8" easel card - 
day 225 of my 366 day challenge

Hi Craft addicts

So for today's challenge (day 225), I have used a really striking image from the Malcolm Greensmith's "A New Day Dawns"  from Creative Crafting World.

Best Wishes (Lilies) 8" easel card

  • To make the topper itself -  the topper (from the Malcolm Greensmith's " A New Day Dawns" collection from Creative Crafting World comes on a sheet of 2 along with sentiments and border strips which makes them great value for card makers!. 
  • I wanted to use an 8" square card so I mat and layered the topper on to some black cardstock (Lynda Chapman's from CCW) and used the "Scallop" Cropadile to shape the corners. 
  • I then placed it on to a "Silver" mirror mat from Hunkydory leaving the corners straight.and allowed to dry as I used Collall All Purpose Glue. 
  • To make the card -  i used the "Deco" Cropadile cutter to shape all the edges of the card and then folded the front half of the card into the fold so it formed an "Easel" card (and used a bone folder to give it a cleaner crease). 
  • I then placed the whole topper onto the bottom half of the easel (making the sure that the glue was placed only on the lower part).
    Best Wishes (Lilies) 8" easel card inside
  • For the inside, I used one of the border strips "Best Wishes" to make a full length "stop" and placed it inside the card where I wanted the front to stop. I used foam strips this time as it was easier to give the height to the whole of the strip.
  • Finally, I used some "Violet Galaxy" Nuvo Crystal drops to either side of the topper.










And there you are....a card (that could be used for either a Sympathy or Just because card -  Don't forget you can visit The Handmade Crafts Shop anytime to see what else I have for sale.

Products and items you may need to make this card
  • 8" white straight edged 300gsm card (from Hunkydory)
  • Lily topper from the Malcolm Greensmith's "A New day dawns" card making collection from Creative Crafting World
  • Border strip for the same collection
  • Silver Mirri 6" x 6" Mat from Hunkydory
  • Black cardstock (Lynda Chapman's) from CCW
  • Violet Galaxy Nuvo crystal drops from Tonic Studios
  • Deco and Scallop Cropadiles 
  • Cosmic Shimmer PVA glue
  • Collall All Purpose Glue
  • Foam pads or strips - from Stix2 or Hunkydory
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